I work night shift, I've been working this schedule for about 6 months now. When I get home around 7:30-8am, I am in bed by 8:30, then what felt like an 8 hour or more sleep turns out to be 3 1/2-4. I wake up at 12pm the latest, and I can't go back to sleep, especially when I have to work that night later on.
I've heard people taking benadryl, sleeping pills and such. Not a big fan of putting medication in my body at all. I rarely even take tylenol for a headache, so I'll hate to have to take benadryl every time after work, or sleeping pills just to get some sleep, because come around 1am-4am of my shift, I am SLEEPY! To the point of no possible return.
What do some of you night shifters do to get into a deep sleep, and be well rested enough, besides benadryl(which I may just have to end up getting)-__-
Some of the coworkers on my floor go to sleep like at 12pm-7pm, but when I get home I'm exhausted from the drag between 1am-4am, I miss my bed and just wanna sleep.